Cheap as Chips upgrade? AMD FX6300

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PhilGinge

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Hello!
I am a long time viewer.. first time poster... I'm looking to upgrade an old PC (Athlonx4 9500, 4gb DDR2) I have for as little as possible with a view of playing games casually, dont have to be highest res or refresh.

To keep costs down I was thinking of keeping and reusing the Case, DVD and PSU (Was upgraded to a OCZ 550W) 1TB HD and graphics card (HD7750). Swapping out the old Athlon x4 9500 and 2gb DDR2 and going for:

AMD FX6300 - Stock fan & heatsink £82
MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard £49
Cruicial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 1866 £29

Over the coming months I could then buy another 4GB Ram module and was thinking about getting another HD7750 off ebay for like £35 to run in crossfire....

All thoughts / Views & Suggestions welcome! remember trying to keep costs down!!!

 
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PhilGinge

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Cheers for the tip on the Ram! might just go in for 2x 4GB day one then as I am sure I could stretch to that (less beer! boo!).

I was thinking of saving to get a new card, but thought I would give the 7750 crossfire a shot first as I already have one. For £30 seems like a cheap and easy upgrade. If no real performance gain I will save for a new card and then sell old ones.
cheers again
 
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PhilGinge

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So, I have ordered my CPU, Ram (2x4GB) and Motherboard...

Also winning a bid for a 7550 @ £31

Looking to see if I could sell my Old Motherboard/CPU/Ram... and it turns out my old MB is MicroATX... Will need to check my case when I get home to see if a normal ATX MB will fit, if not then I will need a new case as well!

Still... total cost so far is only:

AMD FX6300: £83
MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard: £49
8GB (2x4GB DDR3 1866): £58
2nd HD7550: £31 (already own one so will run in crossfire)

Upgrading from an old Athlonx4 9500 with 2GB DDR2 to the above for only: £221... not bad bang for buck is it?

Will probably get a new Graphics card in 6 months time, but will give the 2xHD7550s a trial, for £31 its a no brainer isn't it?

Will probably look to add a SSD at some point as well...

All paid for by selling some childhood (1986..) toys on ebay... Old toys for new!!
 
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PhilGinge

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Should finally be building this at the weekend! Ended up grabbing a FX 8350 though as I got it cheeaaaaaap.
Also ordered a SSD for my OS to sit on and maybe my most popular games
Looking forward to cranking it up, it really should blow the water out my 6 year old setup.
 
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